NetworkOwnership can Only be called on a part that is descendent of workspace

[mariohead13]

Hello, I am trying to set a pet’s network ownership to the player that owns it, but I get this error.

Can only call Network Ownership API on a part that is descendent of workspace

I understand what this means, but the pet is parented to the character, so I don’t know what could be wrong.
Here is my code

function givePetEmojiCool(player, char)
	if player then
		local character = char
		
		
		if character then
			print("adding pet emojicool")
			local humRootPart = character.HumanoidRootPart
			local newPet = CoolEmojiPet:Clone()
			newPet.Name = "CoolEmojiTemplate"
			newPet.Parent = game.Workspace

			local head = newPet.HeadEmoji
			head.CFrame = humRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(10, 10, 10)
			local heliCopter = newPet.HeliCopter

			head.Anchored = false
			




			newPet.Parent = character
			head:SetNetworkOwner(player)

			local bodyPos = Instance.new("BodyPosition", head)
			bodyPos.MaxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
			bodyPos.P = 10000

			local bodyGyro = Instance.new("BodyGyro", head)
			bodyGyro.MaxTorque = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)

			petList[player] = "EmojiCool"

			local rv = bodyGyro.CFrame.rightVector

			local stepped
			local humanoid = character.Humanoid

			stepped = runService.Stepped:Connect(function()


				heliCopter.Orientation = Vector3.new(0, heliCopter.Orientation.Y - 2.5, 0)
				bodyPos.Position = humRootPart.Position + Vector3.new(2, 3, -6)
				bodyGyro.CFrame = humRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(90), 0)


			end)

			humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
		
				stepped:Disconnect()
				local char = player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
				local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(char)
				givePetEmojiCool(player, char)
			end)

		end
		
		
	end
end

Thanks

[RecanValor (recanman)]

Maybe wait a frame to do it, as it may not be instant. You can wrap in in a ‘task.defer’ call and it should world.

[mariohead13]

I tried to add this in my code

while character.Parent ~= workspace do
	wait()
end

and now the code doesn’t run, which means that the character’s parent is never being set to workspace

[Scottifly]

How about:
print(character.Parent)

[Slazerick (Zonder)]

I’m not really sure how to solve this, you can try parenting the pet to workspace instead of character and see if that works.

The next conditional:

character.Parent ~= workspace

It might not be working since the code is running faster than the character creation, so you need to delay it a little either by waiting for the CharacterAdded event or doing a simple wait.

[mariohead13]

The first time it runs, it prints workspace. I run the function the first time, when the player touches a gui that activates the pet, which is why it works the first time, but when the player dies, it prints nil.

[mariohead13]

I added the CharacterAdded:Wait() in the original code, but it still does the same thing. I already tested putting the pet in workspace, and it works, but I would rather not since in parts of my code, I am relying on the pet being inside of the character. But, if that’s the best solution then I’ll do try it.

Is the error occuring because the character is not yet in the workspace?

[mariohead13]

I think I fixed it now.

I added this again.

while character.Parent ~= game.Workspace do
	wait()
end

but now at the top of my script.

Thanks for the help